Cast & Crew

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Writing Credits

Duilio Coletti
(original story) and
Vittoriano Petrilli
(original story)
Emeric Pressburger
(screenplay) (as Richard Imrie) &
Derry Quinn
(screenplay) and
Ray Rigby
(screenplay)

Cast

Sophia Loren
Nora Van Ostamgen
George Peppard
1st Lt. John Curtis USAAF
Trevor Howard
Professor Frederick Lindemann
John Mills
General Boyd
Richard Johnson
Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay
Robert Henshaw
Jeremy Kemp
Captain Phil Bradley
Anthony Quayle
Bamford
Lilli Palmer
Frieda
Paul Henreid
General Ziemann
Helmut Dantine
General Linz
Barbara Rütting
Hannah Reitsch
Richard Todd
Wing Commander Kendall
Sylvia Syms
Flight Officer Constance Babington Smith
John Fraser
Flight Lieutenant Kenny Post
Maurice Denham
Air Chief Marshal
Patrick Wymark
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Wolf Frees
German Police Inspector
Moray Watson
Colonel Kenneth Post
Richard Wattis
Sir Charles Sims
Allan Cuthbertson
German Technical Examiner
Karel Stepanek
Professor Hoffer
William Mervyn
Dutch Technical Examiner
Milo Sperber
German Hotel Porter
George Mikell
German Officer at V2 Launch
Ferdy Mayne
German Officer at Rocket Plant
Robert Brown
Air Commodore
Billy Dean
German soldier
Gordon Jackson
R.A.F. Pilot
John Le Mesurier
British Army Officer
John Abineri
German Policeman
John Adams
Officer Toasting Hannah Reitsch
John Alderton
RAF 'Dakota' Navigator
Tony Allen
German Officer
Jack Armstrong
Man in Air Raid Shelter
Bernard Barnsley
Power Plant Operator
William Baskiville
Constable
Joe Beckett
RAF Officer
Ernest Blyth
German Officer Leaving Drinks Party
Bob Bryan
Power Plant Operator
Tony Castleton
SS Officer
Vic Chapman
Projectionist
George Lane Cooper
Power Plant Operator
Jack Cooper
German Soldier
Billy Cornelius
Power Plant Operator
Harold Coyne
Foreign Engineer
Maxwell Craig
German Soldier
Dan Cressey
Air Commodore's Driver
George Curtis
German Policeman
Fred Davis
German Officer
Jack Dearlove
German Officer
Guy Deghy
Dutch Barge Skipper
Anton Diffring
German Soldier
Carl Duering
German Officer Arriving at Rocket Plant
Peter Evans
Rocket Plant Scientist
Vince Fleming
British Airman
Frank Foley
Parachute Instructor
David Hadda
V1-Rocket Test Pilot
Paul Hansard
German Policeman
Victor Harrington
Man in Air Raid Shelter
Alan Harris
German Soldier
Philo Hauser
Hotel Desk Clerk
Gerard Heinz
German Officer
John G. Heller
German Officer in Charge of V2 Launch
Drewe Henley
Undetermined Secondary Role
Hubert Hill
Officer Interviewee
Lew Hooper
German Officer
John Howard
SS Officer
Carl Jaffe
German Officer at Rocket Plant
Philip Johns
German Police Officer
John Ketteringham
German Police Officer
Gertan Klauber
Security Guard at Rocket Plant
Roy Lansford
Army Officer
Charles Lloyd Pack
Technical Examiner
John Lynn
Foreign Engineer
Philip Madoc
German Police Officer
Alf Mangan
Foreign Engineer
Richard Marner
SS Oberscharführer
Jack May
Man with Head out of Window
Rudolph Offenbach
Rocket Launch Leader
James Payne
Lorry Driver in Airfield
Paul Phillips
Foreign Engineer
Bill Reed
Power Plant Operator
George Romanov
German Officer
John Ronane
RAF 'Dakota' Pilot
Johnny Rossi
Rocket Plant Worker
Paddy Ryan
Power Plant Operator
Stuart Saunders
Sergeant Organising Interviewees
Eddy May Scandrett
Extra
Richard Shaw
German Officer
Jeremy Spenser
SS Officer at Rocket Plant
Guy Standeven
Volunteer Agent
John Tatham
German Officer
Connie Tilton
Postwoman
Joseph Tregonino
Foreign Engineer
James Ure
German Officer at Party
Harry Van Engel
Erik Van Ostamgen
Martin Voss
RAF Officer
Del Watson
German Soldier
Eric Wetherell
British Officer
Sonnie Willis
German Officer
Fred Wood
Mess Steward (On the Right)

Produced by

Carlo Ponti
producer

Music by

Ron Goodwin

Cinematography by

Erwin Hillier
director of photography

Editing by

Ernest Walter

Art Direction by

Elliot Scott

Makeup Department

George Blackler
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Sydney Streeter
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Basil Rayburn
assistant director
Ray Atcheler
third assistant director (uncredited)
Stuart Black
second assistant director (uncredited)
Roger Simons
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Terry Ackland-Snow
draughtsman (uncredited)
Willem Mooijman
props language advisor (uncredited)
Mickey Pugh
assistant standby props (uncredited)

Sound Department

J.B. Smith
dubbing mixer
Allan Sones
sound editor
Gerry Turner
sound recordist
A.W. Watkins
recording supervisor
Chris Kelly
assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Tom Howard
special effects
Martin Gutteridge
special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris
special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns
special effects (uncredited)
John Richardson
special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Brian Bennett
visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts

George Lane Cooper
stunts
Billy Cornelius
stunts
Bill Reed
stunts
Paddy Ryan
stunt actor
Connie Tilton
stunt actor
Bernard Barnsley
stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper
stunts (uncredited)
Billy Dean
stunts (uncredited)
Terence Maidment
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Bob Kindred
camera operator (as Robert Kindred)
David Cadwallader
grip (uncredited)
Terry Cole
focus puller (uncredited)
Wally Fairweather
focus puller (uncredited)
Mike Tomlin
clapper loader (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Martyn K.E. Green
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Ron Goodwin
conductor

Transportation Department

Eddie Frewin
transportation chief (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Bernard Doret
subtitles
Tony Tweedale
publicity assistant (uncredited)
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